Nilda
Recorded 1911–2016 · United States
Nilda was most popular in 1957, when 118 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,608 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,244 people named Nilda.
Nilda over time
How old is the name Nilda?
Nilda first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1911, which makes it about 114 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 98 of the 115 years since. It was last recorded in 2016.
How many people are named Nilda?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,244 American births named Nilda between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,603 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Nilda in 2025?
Nilda was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Nilda getting more or less popular?
Nilda is out of use. It averaged 5 births a year a decade ago and has not been recorded in the last five years.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Nilda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Nilda is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,244 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Nilda?
Roughly 2,603 Americans named Nilda are alive today — 80% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 61 years old, and half are between 50 and 69.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Nilda is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org